Airline medical emergencies aren’t uncommon for a variety of reasons. You just don’t expect help on-board to come from the Governor of Hawaii.
Airline medical emergencies aren’t uncommon for a variety of reasons. You just don’t expect help on-board to come from the Governor of Hawaii.
Good work Govenor Green. I’m glad we voted you as our governor.
I know govenor Green personally. He doesn’t know me even though we spoke. I’m sure of it. It’s been over 15 years since we conversed. I used to work in downtown. He use walk/ exercise around the area. Walkman, scrub top, shorts. Spoke to anyone. Very caring and respectful. Even to the homeless. His views back then are the same as his views today. This man cares (about people) and Hawaii. This man is straight forward, honest, and caring. He never talks about himself, but always spoke well about others. I just wanted to tell everybody that voted for him, and those that didn’t too. This man is purely a good man. His success depends on beating the “machine” that holds 3 key seats in the senate. He will expose you.
Just issue the economy class riding governor a cape and a Lycra suit.
Governor Green got caught–unexpectedly–being the stand up guy that he is. Actually, it’s where he chooses to sit down that helps make him such a stand up guy. Our economy-class, flying governor sits with us in his 16 inch seat, legs cramped for 10 hours and eats the same prepared, in-flight food that we everyday taxpayers have to polish off. He is to be commended for doing this. Yes, he did get caught-he got caught doing the right thing.
Our good Samaritan, doctor-governor is on the job for us saving both lives and tax payer dollars–and he really didn’t want anyone to know about it.
For this, it is my privilege to call him Governor.
I find it refreshing that the governor flies commercial. His contributions as a doctor are even more amazing. As a California resident, I think we got a dud in Gavin Newsom.
Both one-party Democrat states, with Democrat governors. Hawaii’s governor walks-the-walk, the other just talks-the-talk.
Aloha wins again. We got the better deal!
Thank you, Governor/Dr. Green!
That’s reassuring news, thanks guys, and we’ll hope the governor is on board if we ever have an issue! We’ve only had one real emergency on a Hawai’i flight. About a half hour after takeoff the call came “Is there a doctor on board?” and it turns out there were two of them. They rushed up front to help with a passenger who was by that time on the floor being tended to by flight attendants.
Not long after the captain announced we were returning to Honolulu due to a medical emergency. After landing the passenger was taken off through a side exit near us on a stretcher and the two doctors were given applause by most of the passengers….except a gentleman sitting in front of us who loudly griped about being delayed. Other passengers responded by shushing him. Just think if that were you…always grateful when there’s a doctor around, though understand some are a bit reluctant due to possible lawsuits!
Hi Michael.
Thanks for sharing your experience with an in-flight medical emergency and the reaction of others on the flight.
Aloha.
The doctors are covered by the “good Samaritan” law. Same goes for anybody helping in a car accident. The law was passed so that people would not hesitate in helping those in immediate need.
We were on Hawaiian NYC – HNL last year when a medical emergency occurred. There was a nurse and EMT flying together who helped the passenger. After a while, the pilot detoured to Denver. Found out that the pilot was in touch with Hawaiian flight ops and the doctors on land recommended the detour to Denver. We got to HNL about 1 hr late.
BOH,
For the past year or longer, I’ve been unable to reach BOH from my computer (error messages). I’ve had to suffer through the torture of participating via my phone. That may be fine for a younger crowd, but not for this 78-year-old.
I hope I’m not jinxing my new good luck!
Aloha
Hi Rod.
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Aloha.